Weekly Reports

“IT’S ONLY NATURAL FOR LEADERS TO TRY TO MAKE THE MOST OF THEIR STRENGTHS… But as they rise in an organization, people often become comfortable practicing the skills that got them thus far, and fail to ask how useful these... Continue

AMERICANS’ WORK-LIFE BALANCE, WHEN MEASURED IN HOURS AT WORK VS. LEISURE, ranks ninth from the bottom of 34 capitalist countries. The major reason is that Europeans & Scandinavians have “national laws, like mandatory paternal leave, that alleviate the burden on... Continue

NON-FINANCIAL MOTIVATORS REMAIN MORE EFFECTIVE than the highest-rated financial incentives (salary, bonus or equity-stock options), even in this economy. A McKinsey survey of more than 1,000 C-level Execs, Managers & Directors found that employee priorities continue to be: (1) “Praise... Continue

BEHAVIORAL AND COMMUNICATION STYLE IMPACTS HOW A PERSON FILTERS INFORMATION and the degree to which they can (or not) be guided by professional or personal advice. This applies to all persons: customers, clients, employees, children, friends & relatives. One profile... Continue

SINCE ONLY 1/10TH OF 1% OF PEOPLE RESPOND TO UNSOLICITED EMAIL ADVERTISING, and under 3% to physical junk mail, most of the $170 billion spent yearly by direct marketers simply “annoys people, creates landfill and clutters spam filters.” But marketers... Continue